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MMK Benefits from Import Substitution in the Russian Market

19 March 2015 - OJSC Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK) bases its development strategy on continuing to strengthen its positions on Russia’s domestic market, producing goods for import substitution and meeting demand in the Russian economy for state-of-the-art and high-quality metal.

Metinvest Establishes New Maintenance Company for Its Metallurgical Assets

19 March 2015 - Metinvest Group created Metinvest-PromService, LLC based on the maintenance departments of Ilyich Iron & Steel Works of Mariupol, Azovstal, and Yenakiieve Steel.

SDI Predicts Stronger Second Half of the Year

18 March 2015 - Steel Dynamics Inc. provided first quarter 2015 earnings guidance.

ArcelorMittal Galati Continues Energy Efficiency Investment Program

18 March 2015 - ArcelorMittal Galati in Romania has invested more than €7m to upgrade a set of turbine blowers, aimed at reducing energy consumption at blast furnace No. 5.

Samuel Steel Pickling Expands Surface Inspection Partnership with ISRA VISION Parsytec

18 March 2015 - Samuel Steel Pickling Inc., a specialist in pickling and value added services for steel production, recently expanded its facilities’ inspection systems.

NLMK Group Wins Recognition as Best for Occupational Health and Safety

18 March 2015 - NLMK Group, the largest steelmaker in Russia and one of the most efficient in the world, won in the Occupational Health and Safety nomination of the prestigious All-Russian Russian Business Leaders: Dynamics and Responsibility 2014 competition.

ASSE and Cintas Give Last Call for Innovation Award Workplace Safety Nominations

18 March 2015 - The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) and Cintas Corporation, a leading provider of safety training, personal protective equipment (PPE) and first-aid solutions, issued a last call for applications for the 2015 Award for Innovation in Occupational Safety Management.

ArcelorMittal Liege Starts Up Tension Leveler from JP Steel Plantech

18 March 2015 - JP Steel Plantech Co. announced the start-up of commercial operations of an in-line tension leveler for a continuous annealing line to produce super high-strength steel sheet for automotives at ArcelorMittal’s Liege Steel Works in Belgium.

SMS Millcraft and SMS Meer Inc. Merge

17 March 2015 - Two SMS Group companies, SMS Millcraft LLC, headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pa., and SMS Meer Inc., headquartered in Cranberry Township, Pa., the U.S. subsidiary of SMS Meer GmbH, have merged to become SMS Technical Services LLC.

AIIS: U.S. Steel Imports Nearly Unchanged in January

17 March 2015 - Amidst a steep jump in steel exports to one minor trading partner, and a sharp drop in shipments to another, total steel exports by the United States in January 2015 were nearly unchanged from December 2014, according to analysis from the American Institute for International Steel (AIIS).

SteelBenchmarker: HRB Price Collapse Continues

17 March 2015 - In its 215th report, the SteelBenchmarker™ released 9 steel products and 3 USA scrap prices. Of these, here are four benchmark prices for hot-rolled band for 9 March 2015:

Mishawaka Sheet Metal Orders Red Bud Precision Blanking Line

17 March 2015 - Mishawaka Sheet Metal Inc., located in Elkhart, Ind., has ordered a precision blanking line from Red Bud Industries which will be installed later this year.

Tyasa Issues Final Acceptance of Minimill Meltshop from Primetals Technologies

16 March 2015 - Talleres y Aceros S.A. de C.V. (Tyasa), a Mexican steel producer, issued Primetals Technologies with the final acceptance certificate for a new mini-mill meltshop late in 2014.

Northwest Pipe Says Lower Oil Prices Will Impact Q1 Results

16 March 2015 - Northwest Pipe Company announced its financial results for the quarter and year ended 31 December 2014.

SMS Siemag Upgrading 7-Stand Hot-Wide-Strip Mill at ArcelorMittal Gent

16 March 2015 - ArcelorMittal has awarded SMS Siemag the order to upgrade the 7-stand hot-wide-strip mill in Gent, Belgium.

Chinese Steel Shipments to Latin America Up 73% Y-o-Y in January

16 March 2015 - In January 2015, finished steel exports from China to Latin America continue to grow at an accelerated pace, according to Latin American steel association Alacero.

Metinvest Announces Power Supply to Avdiivka Coke Has Been Restored

13 March 2015 - Metinvest Group Avdiivka Coke's employees, assisted by DTEK's staff, reconnected the plant to high-voltage overhead lines Makiivka-Avdiivka Coke #1 and Makiivka-Avdiivka Coke #2.

Sandvik Implements Second Phase of Supply Chain Optimization Program

13 March 2015 - As initially communicated in 2013, Sandvik’s supply chain is to be optimized, reducing the number of production units from 150 to about 125 over three to four years.

Magnetation LLC Retains Financial Advisor and Legal Advisor

13 March 2015 - Magnetation LLC announced that it has retained The Blackstone Group as financial advisor and Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP as legal advisor to assist the company in evaluating alternatives to improve liquidity.

ArcelorMittal Supplying Steel Fibers for Longest Railway Tunnel in Czech Republic

13 March 2015 - The beginning of February 2015 marked the start of construction of the longest railway tunnel in the Czech Republic between Rokycany and Pilsen. The reinforcement of the walls of the Ejpovice tunnel, which will be 4,110 meters long, will use 3,800 metric tons of steel fibers made in the Polish plant ArcelorMittal Syców.

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